bavssa

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *pëŋsëm.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpavssa/

Noun

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bavssa

  1. lip

Inflection

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Odd, ks-vss gradation
Nominative bavssa
Genitive baksama
Singular Plural
Nominative bavssa baksamat
Accusative baksama baksamiid
Genitive baksama baksamiid
Illative baksamii baksamiidda
Locative baksamis baksamiin
Comitative baksamiin baksamiiguin
Essive bavssan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person baksaman baksameamẹ baksameamẹt
2nd person baksamat baksameattẹ baksameattẹt
3rd person baksamis baksameaskkạ baksameasẹt

Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland